If it's the same one that was posted in the general gun section a few years ago yeah, I remember seeing that was where it failed, right at the pin. Was the first round you put through it or something like that.... Thread is probably still there.
Norinco JW 105 reviews ??
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If it's the same one that was posted in the general gun section a few years ago yeah, I remember seeing that was where it failed, right at the pin. Was the first round you put through it or something like that.... Thread is probably still there.
I've got one, I wanted to do a youtube review but that never happened, but here's my comments:
Shoots pretty darn good, I think I paid less the $350 when i bought it. Fully adjustable trigger!
Now the bad, the bolt was the exact opposite of smooth, someone once used the analogy of "moving a boat paddle through a barrel full of gravel" that comes to mind. It literally was rough, and machine marks and scratches on the bolt after cycling for a while.
My remedy for this was to polish some surfaces that seemed rough with emery cloth, coat the bolt and action with valve grinding compound, I didn't just cycle the action, I basically welded a socket onto a sawzall blade, ran black tape over the bolt knob, inserted the bolt knob snuggly into the socket, and then cycled the action back and forth then the bolt up and down with the sawzall to pick up the pace for a while, probably equivalent to cycling the bolt every evening for an hour and a half for three weeks. It got a little better, then I cleaned it out, and coated some of the action surfaces and bolt with a graphite paint, and then oiled it, it cycles "reasonably" well now. I wouldn't call it great, nowhere close to my tikka.
I bedded it with JB weld before I even took it out, the inletting was rough, may not have changed anything, but the wood fitment and clearances are nothing to be proud of.
The magazine was tight in the stock, the first round would feed fine, as it is single stack, the magazine would be slightly pinched just tight enough to prevent the next round from popping up to the feed path, I had a "fail to fire" on the second round, and soon fixed it.
One of the screws for the rear open sight was too long, it bottomed out, and left the mount wobbly, oh yeah I forgot, the rear mount is on a section of barrel near the action that is tapered, the rear mount is basically just radius'ed for one size, not for a changing radius, like the section of barrel it is mounted on. After grinding down the screw though it is tightly in place.
The front sling pin is too close in to the stock, it fits fine for a sling, but to get a bipod on it the bipod presses against the wood marking it up.
I wish it was an AR (or rather LAR-15) style mag feed path, with larger capacity and options.
Having said all that bad stuff about it, it still shoots pretty good, once sighted in on the bench it was ringing the 300 yard gong every shot with gusty wind when I had it out last summer, and that was with open sights, as the scope I had put on it was junk out of the box (barska).
It may be a candidate for another AICS airsoft stock project, but I actually bought it for a relative to hunt with (first nations and she just wanted to use a .22 for deer, doesn't like recoil, but morally I was against using a .22, though it seems to be popular with them in many places, they just take close range head shots from what I hear).
Shoots pretty darn good, I think I paid less the $350 when i bought it. Fully adjustable trigger!
Now the bad, the bolt was the exact opposite of smooth, someone once used the analogy of "moving a boat paddle through a barrel full of gravel" that comes to mind. It literally was rough, and machine marks and scratches on the bolt after cycling for a while.
My remedy for this was to polish some surfaces that seemed rough with emery cloth, coat the bolt and action with valve grinding compound, I didn't just cycle the action, I basically welded a socket onto a sawzall blade, ran black tape over the bolt knob, inserted the bolt knob snuggly into the socket, and then cycled the action back and forth then the bolt up and down with the sawzall to pick up the pace for a while, probably equivalent to cycling the bolt every evening for an hour and a half for three weeks. It got a little better, then I cleaned it out, and coated some of the action surfaces and bolt with a graphite paint, and then oiled it, it cycles "reasonably" well now. I wouldn't call it great, nowhere close to my tikka.
I bedded it with JB weld before I even took it out, the inletting was rough, may not have changed anything, but the wood fitment and clearances are nothing to be proud of.
The magazine was tight in the stock, the first round would feed fine, as it is single stack, the magazine would be slightly pinched just tight enough to prevent the next round from popping up to the feed path, I had a "fail to fire" on the second round, and soon fixed it.
One of the screws for the rear open sight was too long, it bottomed out, and left the mount wobbly, oh yeah I forgot, the rear mount is on a section of barrel near the action that is tapered, the rear mount is basically just radius'ed for one size, not for a changing radius, like the section of barrel it is mounted on. After grinding down the screw though it is tightly in place.
The front sling pin is too close in to the stock, it fits fine for a sling, but to get a bipod on it the bipod presses against the wood marking it up.
I wish it was an AR (or rather LAR-15) style mag feed path, with larger capacity and options.
Having said all that bad stuff about it, it still shoots pretty good, once sighted in on the bench it was ringing the 300 yard gong every shot with gusty wind when I had it out last summer, and that was with open sights, as the scope I had put on it was junk out of the box (barska).
It may be a candidate for another AICS airsoft stock project, but I actually bought it for a relative to hunt with (first nations and she just wanted to use a .22 for deer, doesn't like recoil, but morally I was against using a .22, though it seems to be popular with them in many places, they just take close range head shots from what I hear).
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Not cheap enough to be worth losing your eyesight over imo
I see a broken stock, but the barrel, action and bolt appear to be together, what happened there? It looks like the stock was just busted, but you seem to be indicating it blew up.
The name 'norinco' doesn't neccesarily mean low quality,although it is true some models are of dubious value for the money.I think this is because Norinco is the name of the exporter ,not the manufacturer.My BRNO knockoff JW15 (.22) and JW23 (.22mag) are not as finely finished as the original,but is just as accurate.The main complaint is the wood- why they don't use even cheap hardwood for the stocks instead of softwood,I don't know.The Browning SA knockoff JW20 is very nicely finished and the NS 522 is superbly accurate,but again a softwood stock.But on the other hand I haven't heard good things about the JW105 or the JW 14...,
You can find an Axis on sale for $300 or less. Back in December my buddy got one from the big sale at Reliable for like $235+tax, and I only paid $279 for my Axis XP (the package w/scope) from Wholesale about 1.5 years ago (And savage had a 50USD mail in rebate to boot, so it was more like $230.)
Absolutely no reason to buy a Norinco unless you absolutely need to have iron sights.
Also, I dont like a protruding magazine. Just gets in the way while carrying, I'll take a flush mag any day. This is the one thing I hate about my 22lr, the magazine sits right near the balance point, and it can get in the way.
Absolutely no reason to buy a Norinco unless you absolutely need to have iron sights.
Also, I dont like a protruding magazine. Just gets in the way while carrying, I'll take a flush mag any day. This is the one thing I hate about my 22lr, the magazine sits right near the balance point, and it can get in the way.
